I am brand new to black powder and have been getting all my accessories. I read a really good review about the Taylor's Italian made inline capper. This thing looks machined and not made from sheet metal! It's heavy duty! But, I can't figure out how to load the darn thing. The "lanyard" loop on the end is not big enough to hold back that "thumb knob" against the spring for loading like others I've seen on Youtube. And that "thumb knob" seems like a really sloppy fit inside the track. Can I get any tips on how to load this thing? Thanks!
Taylor's Italian Inline Capper
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That little knob is held back by thumb pressure. Remember those cheater devices to load 22 LR magazines? You can make one with a piece of plastic, a bit of drilling and filing. That'll give you more surface area to hold the little knob back. Once the knob is held back, caps can be inserted into the hole on the backside of the capper.
The lanyard loop is just that. It is not meant to help you load the thing.
WestKentucky
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My loop is a big oval and holds it back which is handy, but 10 years of not knowing that left a pretty heavy habit of not doing that. If you have access to a mill, my suggestion is to make a slip-over sleeve or else your gizmo might help turn your cap tool into a frustration rod.
Patocazador
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I have about 4 of these gizmos and the lanyard loop fits the thumb knob just right on all of them. It holds it open with the loading hole exposed.
All I need now is some way to load them quickly without a couple winding up with the wrong side up.
whughett
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Have one of those, plus a snail type and just never got in the habit of using it. I just push on a cap with my thumb. But then all my shooting is done from a firing line with waist high counters. Seemed more bother than worth reloading that thing then just dump a few caps at a time on the counter. I do wander back from time to time on a passage from Elmer Keith's book where he reckons an exploding cap would raise a blister on his thumb. Man must of had one heck of a hard thumb.
He also would seat the cap with a gentle push of the hammer, something I also occasionally do. Gun pointed down range of course.
He also would seat the cap with a gentle push of the hammer, something I also occasionally do. Gun pointed down range of course.
Oohrah!
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I have one similar to that and I hate it, difficult to load and doesn't cap well consistently. I went to a "snail" capper and love it.
Navy Six
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The straight line cappers are more prone to "fumble fingers" when trying to load them with caps, but I find them easier to use to cap the pistol. Drawback is they don't hold very many when compared to the Cash snail capper. When loading the inlines, I have more luck placing a cap (open end up) on a flat surface like a table. Then I take the inline, holding back the spring, and place the capper on top of the cap and let the spring go. It's easier for me to manuever the capper into place than getting the cap into that small hole.
Mine has a "larger loop" too, but I've never used it...
I hold mine in my left hand, with the left index finger controlling the spring-loaded button underneath -- retract it slightly, insert a cap (the RIGHT way!) with the right hand, release the left finger a little to move the cap down the track; then repeat as often as needed.
Getting the few that may turn sideways or upside-down out is frustrating at times, but it does make capping a revolver much easier -- and safer too.
Old No7
I hold mine in my left hand, with the left index finger controlling the spring-loaded button underneath -- retract it slightly, insert a cap (the RIGHT way!) with the right hand, release the left finger a little to move the cap down the track; then repeat as often as needed.
Getting the few that may turn sideways or upside-down out is frustrating at times, but it does make capping a revolver much easier -- and safer too.
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